{"593504":{"#nid":"593504","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Public Policy Team Wins Important NSF Grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech School of Public Policy team recently won a grant from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/\r\nCmd+Click or tap to follow the link\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF)\u0026rsquo;s I-Corps program\u003C\/a\u003E. This highly competitive program selects startup teams with promising technologies from across the country to take part in a guided customer discovery process.\u0026nbsp;By the end of the grant, the team hopes to better understand how energy software tools can simplify and improve energy decision-making related to electricity generation and consumption.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team was selected for its own ATHENIA Software, which was\u0026nbsp;built on a\u0026nbsp;machine-learning algorithm that deploys a multi-layered feed forward neural network. This network utilizes multiple feeds of public data to analyze the electric grid and predict energy policy impacts on the economy, public health and the environment. It is capable of modeling energy usage in residential and commercial buildings and electricity production from both utility-scale and distributed resources. The model simulates electricity demand and supply on an hourly basis, driving its predictive error down to a level that far exceeds industry standards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECheck out the team\u0026rsquo;s accomplishments and vision in this one-minute video \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BxAdkzoW4WkKUU9wUlVjelJqQ0U\/view?ts=59656ab9\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\u0026nbsp;Marilyn Brown is the PI of the Georgia Tech team. The team also includes\u0026nbsp;Dr. Matt\u0026nbsp;Cox, CEO,\u0026nbsp;The\u0026nbsp;Greenlink\u0026nbsp;Group, Alumnus of Georgia Tech School of Public Policy;\u0026nbsp;Dr. Xiaojing Sun, CTO, The\u0026nbsp;Greenlink\u0026nbsp;Group, \u0026nbsp;Alumnus of Georgia Tech School of Public; and\u0026nbsp;Policy\u0026nbsp;Mr. Brian McCormack, Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center Mentor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Greenlink Group is an energy research and consulting company based in Atlanta. It is a Georgia Tech spin-off, started by alumni from School of Public Policy. Greenlink\u0026#39;s mission is to bring knowledge and analytics to create value in the clean energy space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A team of students from the School of Public Policy won the rights to a significant grant from the National Science Foundation\u0027s I-Corps program. "}],"uid":"34516","created_gmt":"2017-07-13 19:32:27","changed_gmt":"2017-08-03 17:19:48","author":"SLawrence42","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}